Is this just a few bad apples?
Sunday, March 21st, 2010Posted by Sam Richards
I don’t know how many people have been paying attention to the so-called “Tea Party” protests, but some of these folks are really off the hook. Signs portraying Obama as a Nazi are within the boundaries of “acceptable protest” over the past twenty years — as both Clinton and Bush were regularly depicted as Hitler with the little mustache below the nose. This doesn’t make those protesting appear level-headed, but people on both the right and the left use the image when they think that it serves their cause. But the racism and anti gay bigotry are unique to some folks in the Tea Party movement. I say “some” because I am certain that most people who support the movement condemn calling Rep. John Lewis the n-bomb and Rep. Barney Frank the f-bomb. That’s raw.
And how about the message in the above photo. The people holding these signs are threatening violence against elected officials. At what point is THAT a crime? These are some crazy times.
Check out this article. It’s from the Huffington Post, a well known left-leaning news source/blog. However, I’ve searched around on the web and the stories noted here are validated by a wide range of sources. I’m using this Huffington Post version of the story because it’s actually the most comprehensive. Read the article: “Tea Party Protestors Shout at Members of Congress”
